The British Columbian
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issued: 2017-03-07
issued: 1885-09-16
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note: I' Govornmont Gnzotli THE BRITISH COLUMBIAN tS HJBLIBUED-—- Kvery Wednesday & Saturday, — at— 0. ROB80N A CO. OFFICE COLUMBIA STREET. EHTMHOE TO Eei- fUMlUg IOIWEW DEPMItMEIIt THIDUOH T. D. PCMHOKtCO''. Book*St*tioke«» Stobe. TKHMS.-lly Mall, la.yorrri $160 for6mo..i 11 Iur- .1 liluB.t iinjnlrlo In Advance. Deliverer] bj Onrrler or Agent, ,1 per quarter, payable rin.rl.rlj lo Carrier or Agent. AOENTS T. H. HimEN ft CO. YlOTOMA. T.«. Pe«uoh ft Co Ins. (bunt! on Ilie at i —. a... u<». • ■ Rowell k On,'. N«w«p.pei ArlrorllBlrrg Durostl'lO Sprrrcrr PI.), wliere .il.'.i II.Iiik cuntraete ritiry be mmle lor it In new limit. _^____ lhe palish doutmbimi. THIS PAPER H.***' Wednesday Morning, Bcpf. 16.1888. current Events and Opinions. An active Iowa prohibitionist who lins been traveling through the South is impressed witli the fact that in the fourteen Southern States visited there is doublo the amount of well-established mid enforced prohibition which exists in the North. He finds between four and five hundred counties under prohibition; yet prohibition hits never had tbe endorsement of a Southern political convention, nnd could not carry ti single State as a State issue. He reaches the conclusion that if the Northern prohibitionists had nuulo their cause non-partisan, and liad fought for it by counties instead of States, they might to-day bave a majority of the counties in every Northern State!—Boston Journal. A grefit blow lias fallen upon English agricultural industry in tbe destruction of the profit hitherto realized from the manufacture of high quality cheese. American competition has at last ruined ttie prospects of the skilled and indefatigable dairy farmers of Cheshire, prices having fallen from 15 to 20 shillings per hundredweight, bringing down the market to figures nt which it would not be remunerative to continue business. Whnt effect this may have upon husbandry and the grent cheese making centres in England cannot be calculated, but a great reduction in the v…
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: Robson Brothers (1882-1883) ; D. Robson & Co. (1883-1886) ; British Columbia Stationery and Printing Co. (1886-1887) ; British Columbian Printing Company (Limited) (1887-1888) ; Kennedy Brothers (1888-1890).
has type: Newspapers
spatial: New Westminster (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0346302
language: English
lat: 49.206667
long: -122.910556
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: New Westminster : D. Robson & Co.
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text